Year: 2026

OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/openai-reportedly-ditches-model-over-safety-concerns/

Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds Self-driving truck company Aurora laid out an audacious plan for 2030. Its CFO says its targets aren’t aspirational. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/aurora-cfo-says-30000-driverless-trucks-by-2030-isnt-as-far-fetched-as-it-sounds/

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup’s valuation from just four months ago. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/source-inference-provider-modal-labs-closing-in-on-750m-round-at-15-75b-valuation/

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/amd-will-acquire-fei-fei-lis-world-labs-for-8-2-billion/

“Make robots fight instead of people”: Mykhailo Fedorov launches Army of Robots — and you could be its CTO Over the weekend at the IT Arena conference in Lviv, former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation, and Minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov announced the launch of the Army

Anthropic’s CEO is about to have dinner with President Trump This will be the first one-on-one meeting between Dario Amodei and Donald Trump Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/anthropics-ceo-is-about-to-have-dinner-with-president-trump/

Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues? On Equity, we discussed how Meta’s AI announcement managed to steal the spotlight from OpenAI and Anthropic. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/can-muse-overcome-metas-trust-issues/

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment “AI is the devil and I its maker.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/anthropics-dario-amodei-gets-the-snl-treatment/

TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/techcrunch-mobility-av-companies-pick-their-lanes/

Sennheiser Momentum 5 review: Great sound, incredible battery life, and few compromises I spent the last few weeks with the Sennheiser Momentum 5 to determine if this pair actually stands out, testing everything from sound quality and noise cancellation to comfort and battery life.  Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/27/sennheiser-momentum-5-review-great-sound-incredible-battery-life-and-few-compromises/